CN216335189U

CN216335189U - Lithium battery feeding device

Info

Publication number: CN216335189U
Application number: CN202122651123.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖世茂; 陈艺宏; 林卫平; 吕金龙
Original assignee: Xiamen 3 Circles Battery Co ltd
Current assignee: Xiamen 3 Circles Battery Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-01
Filing date: 2021-11-01
Publication date: 2022-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-01

Abstract

The utility model discloses a lithium battery feeding device which comprises a rack, a supporting frame arranged above the rack, a transverse driving assembly connected with the supporting frame and used for driving the supporting frame to reciprocate left and right above the rack, a plurality of feeding frames fixed on the supporting frame, a vertical driving assembly arranged on the side edge of one feeding frame and used for feeding materials upwards, and a manipulator arranged on the side edge of the vertical driving assembly. The material include a plurality of lithium cell trays, bear a plurality of lithium cells on every lithium cell tray respectively, the manipulator on install and be used for snatching the mechanism that snatchs of lithium cell or lithium cell tray. The utility model provides a lithium battery feeding device.A transverse driving assembly is used for driving a feeding frame to move left and right along a rack, so that manual feeding is facilitated, and the feeding efficiency is improved; vertical drive assembly is used for the material of drive material loading frame to make progress one by one, and the manipulator of being convenient for snatchs, and whole loading attachment degree of automation is high.

Description

Lithium battery feeding device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of lithium battery production, in particular to a lithium battery feeding device.

Background

Among various existing electric appliances, a lithium battery is a main component, and the lithium battery refers to a battery containing lithium (including metallic lithium, lithium alloy, lithium ion and lithium polymer) in an electrochemical system. The lithium cell is generally placed on the blister supporting plate in the production and processing process, then carries in unison to the production station that corresponds and carries out the material loading operation. Current lithium cell material loading is through the manual work carry out the material loading with the lithium cell on the blister supporting plate one by one, and artificial mode not only production efficiency is not high, is getting the damage that causes the lithium cell easily at the in-process that the material shifted moreover.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the technical problems in the background art, the utility model aims to provide a lithium battery feeding device capable of realizing automatic feeding action, and the lithium battery feeding efficiency and the production efficiency are improved.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows:

a lithium battery feeding device comprises a rack, a supporting frame arranged above the rack, a transverse driving assembly connected with the supporting frame and used for driving the supporting frame to reciprocate left and right above the rack, a plurality of feeding frames fixed on the supporting frame, a vertical driving assembly arranged on one side edge of the feeding frame and used for feeding materials upwards, and a manipulator arranged on the side edge of the vertical driving assembly. The material include a plurality of lithium cell trays, bear a plurality of lithium cells on every lithium cell tray respectively, the manipulator on install and be used for snatching the mechanism that snatchs of lithium cell or lithium cell tray.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate the movement of the support frame, two sliding rails are arranged on the top of the rack along the left-right direction, the support frame comprises two bottom plates respectively located right above the two sliding rails, a plurality of connecting plates arranged along the length direction of the two bottom plates and used for fixedly connecting the two bottom plates together, and a plurality of corner seats fixedly arranged on the bottom plates, and the bottoms of the bottom plates are slidably arranged on the sliding rails through a plurality of sliding blocks.

Further, the transverse driving assembly comprises a motor base fixed on the rack, a driving motor fixed on the motor base, a first belt pulley fixed at the shaft end of the driving motor, a lead screw support fixed on the motor base, a lead screw rotatably installed on the lead screw support, a second belt pulley fixed at one end of the lead screw, a lead screw support fixed at the other end of the lead screw, a driving belt for driving and connecting the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley, and a nut base installed on the lead screw and linked with the lead screw, wherein the top of the nut base is fixedly connected with one of the connecting plates.

Preferably, in order to conveniently receive the empty tray of lithium cell, still including the receipts work or material rest that is used for depositing the lithium cell tray, receive the work or material rest and erect the frame top and be located the slide rail side, the bottom of receiving the work or material rest is equipped with and can follows receive the backup pad of work or material rest activity from top to bottom, the side of backup pad is connected with and is used for driving its electric jar of activity from top to bottom.

Furthermore, the feeding frame comprises a first supporting guide rod and three second supporting guide rods, an accommodating cavity for stacking materials is formed between the first supporting guide rod and the second supporting guide rods in a surrounding mode, and the second supporting guide rods are higher than the first supporting guide rods.

Preferably, in order to facilitate loading, the tops of the first supporting guide rod and the second supporting guide rod are respectively bent outwards to form inclined guide pieces facilitating placing of the lithium battery tray.

Further, vertical drive assembly including set up relatively around the material loading frame two sets of hoist mechanism of both sides and set firmly in the frame and be used for driving two sets of hoist mechanism's promotion motor, hoist mechanism including fixing lower fixed block, vertical the fixing in the frame a plurality of spinal branch vaulting poles on the fixed block down, fix at the last fixed block at a plurality of spinal branch vaulting pole tops, establish go up between fixed block and the lower fixed block and can along the bracing piece about the lift plate of activity, install the third belt pulley of fixed block bottom, install down go up the fourth belt pulley at fixed block top, be used for the first belt of transmission connection third belt pulley and fourth belt pulley and be used for detecting the photoelectric detection subassembly that lifts the board position. The bottom of the material in the feeding frame is provided with a movable plate which can move up and down along the feeding frame, and two sides of the movable plate respectively extend outwards to form lugs which are used for being in interference fit with the lifting plate and driving the material to move upwards. The upper fixing block and the lower fixing block are respectively provided with a through hole for the first belt to pass through, and the lifting plate is fixedly connected with one side of the first belt through a connecting block. The side of the third belt pulley is connected with a fifth belt pulley through a connecting shaft, the fifth belt pulleys of the two groups of lifting mechanisms are in transmission connection through a second belt, and one connecting shaft is connected with the shaft end of the lifting motor.

The detection assembly comprises a first U-shaped sensor for detecting the lifting limit position of the lifting plate, a second U-shaped sensor for detecting the descending limit position of the lifting plate and a correlation sensor for detecting whether the materials are lifted in place. The first U-shaped sensor is fixed on the upper fixing block through a first support, and the second U-shaped sensor is fixed on the top of the rack through a second support. And the side edge of the lifting plate is fixedly provided with a metal induction sheet which can trigger the first U-shaped sensor and the second U-shaped sensor when the lifting plate ascends or descends to a limit position. The correlation sensor is fixed on the side edge of the upper fixed block through a third support.

Furthermore, in order to realize accurate positioning and material taking, the automatic material taking machine further comprises a visual detection assembly, wherein the visual detection assembly comprises a fixed frame fixed right above the vertical driving assembly and a visual sensor fixed on the fixed frame and used for positioning the manipulator.

Furthermore, the grabbing mechanism comprises a sucker fixing plate and a plurality of vacuum suckers distributed along the length direction of the sucker fixing plate.

The utility model has the following beneficial effects: the utility model provides a lithium battery loading attachment, horizontal drive assembly is used for driving the material loading frame along frame side-to-side movement, and vertical drive assembly is used for driving the material in the material loading frame to make progress one by one, and the manipulator of being convenient for snatchs, and whole loading attachment degree of automation is high. The transverse driving assembly drives the support frame to reciprocate on the slide rail, so that when one or more feeding frames are subjected to feeding work, the rest feeding frames are in an idle state, manual feeding is facilitated, the feeding efficiency is greatly improved, the production cost is reduced, and the production efficiency of the lithium battery is improved; the utility model has the advantages of small occupied area, simple and convenient operation, high automation degree, reliable and stable operation and high safety.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the support frame and the slide rail.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the transverse driving assembly.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the vertical drive assembly.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view of a portion B in fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of the grasping mechanism.

Description of the main component symbols: 1. a frame; 10. a slide rail; 2. a support frame; 20. a slider; 21. a base plate; 22. a connecting plate; 23. a corner seat; 31. a motor base; 32. a drive motor; 33. a first pulley; 34. a lead screw support; 35. a lead screw; 36. a second pulley; 37. a lead screw supporting seat; 38. a belt; 39. a nut seat; 4. a feeding frame; 40. a tilt guide; 400. a movable plate; 401. a lug; 41. a first support guide bar; 42. a second support guide bar; 5. material preparation; 51. a lithium battery tray; 52. a lithium battery; 60. a lifting mechanism; 600. a hoisting motor; 601. a lower fixed block; 602. a support bar; 603. an upper fixed block; 604. a lifting plate; 605. a third belt pulley; 606. a fourth belt pulley; 607. a first belt; 608. connecting blocks; 609. a connecting shaft; 610. a fifth belt pulley; 611. a second belt; 612. a first U-shaped sensor; 613. a second U-shaped sensor; 614. a correlation sensor; 615. a first bracket; 616. a second bracket; 617. a metal induction sheet; 618. a third support; 7. a manipulator; 71. a sucker fixing plate; 72. a vacuum chuck; 8. a material receiving frame; 80. a support plate; 81. an electric cylinder; 9. a visual inspection assembly; 91. a fixed mount; 92. a vision sensor.

Detailed Description

The utility model is further described with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, a lithium battery feeding device comprises a frame 1, a supporting frame 2 arranged above the frame 1, a transverse driving assembly connected with the supporting frame 2 and used for driving the supporting frame to reciprocate left and right above the frame 1, a plurality of feeding frames 4 fixed on the supporting frame 2, a vertical driving assembly arranged on one side of one feeding frame 4 and used for upwards advancing a material 5, and a manipulator 7 arranged on one side of the vertical driving assembly. The material 5 comprises a plurality of lithium battery trays 51, each lithium battery tray 51 is respectively loaded with a plurality of lithium batteries 52, and the manipulator 7 is provided with a grabbing mechanism for grabbing the lithium batteries 52 or the lithium battery trays 51. The gripping mechanism includes a suction cup fixing plate 71 and a plurality of vacuum suction cups 72 arranged along a length direction of the suction cup fixing plate 71.

The top of the frame 1 is provided with two slide rails 10 along the left-right direction, the support frame 2 comprises two bottom plates 21 respectively located right above the two slide rails 10, a plurality of connecting plates 22 arranged along the length direction of the two bottom plates 21 and used for fixedly connecting the two bottom plates 21 together, and a plurality of corner seats 23 fixedly arranged on the bottom plates 21, and the bottom of the bottom plates 21 is slidably mounted on the slide rails 10 through a plurality of slide blocks 20.

The transverse driving assembly comprises a motor base 31 fixed on the frame 1, a driving motor 32 fixed on the motor base 31, a first belt pulley 33 fixed at the shaft end of the driving motor 32, a lead screw support 34 fixed on the motor base 31, a lead screw 35 rotatably installed on the lead screw support 34, a second belt pulley 36 fixed at one end of the lead screw 35, a lead screw support seat 37 fixed at the other end of the lead screw 35, a driving belt 38 for driving and connecting the first belt pulley 33 and the second belt pulley 36, and a nut seat 39 installed on the lead screw 35 and linked with the lead screw, wherein the top of the nut seat 39 is fixedly connected with one of the connecting plates 22.

Preferably, still including being used for depositing the receipts work or material rest 8 of lithium cell tray 51, receive work or material rest 8 and establish at frame 1 top and be located slide rail 10 side, the bottom of receiving work or material rest 8 is equipped with the backup pad 80 that can move about from top to bottom along receiving work or material rest 8, and the side of backup pad 80 is connected with the electric jar 81 that is used for driving its activity from top to bottom.

The feeding frame 4 includes a first supporting guide rod 41 and three second supporting guide rods 42, an accommodating cavity for stacking the materials 5 is formed between the first supporting guide rod 41 and the second supporting guide rods 42 in a surrounding manner, and the second supporting guide rods 42 are higher than the first supporting guide rods 41. Preferably, the tops of the first support guide 41 and the second support guide 42 are respectively bent outward to form the inclined guide tabs 40 for facilitating the insertion of the lithium battery tray 51.

The vertical driving assembly comprises two groups of lifting mechanisms 60 which are oppositely arranged on the front side and the rear side of the feeding frame 4 and a lifting motor 600 which is fixedly arranged on the rack 1 and used for driving the two groups of lifting mechanisms 60, each lifting mechanism 60 comprises a lower fixing block 601 fixed on the rack 1, a plurality of support rods 602 vertically fixed on the lower fixing block 601, an upper fixing block 603 fixed at the tops of the support rods 602, a lifting plate 604 which is arranged between the upper fixing block 603 and the lower fixing block 601 and can move up and down along the support rods 602, a third belt pulley 605 installed at the bottom of the lower fixing block 601, a fourth belt pulley 606 installed at the top of the upper fixing block 603, a first belt 607 used for driving and connecting the third belt pulley 605 and the fourth belt pulley 606, and a photoelectric detection assembly used for detecting the position of the lifting plate 604. The bottom of the material 5 inside the feeding frame 4 is provided with a movable plate 400 which can move up and down along the feeding frame 4, and two sides of the movable plate 400 respectively extend outwards to form lugs 401 which are used for being in interference fit with the lifting plate 604 and driving the material 5 to move upwards. The upper fixing block 603 and the lower fixing block 601 are respectively provided with a through hole for the first belt 607 to pass through, and the lifting plate 604 is fixedly connected with one side of the first belt 607 through a connecting block 608. The side of the third belt pulley 605 is connected with a fifth belt pulley 610 through a connecting shaft 609, the fifth belt pulleys 610 of the two sets of lifting mechanisms 60 are in transmission connection through a second belt 611, and one connecting shaft 609 is connected with the shaft end of the lifting motor 600.

The detection assembly includes a first U-shaped sensor 612 for detecting the extreme position of the lift plate 604, a second U-shaped sensor 613 for detecting the extreme position of the lift plate 604, and a corresponding sensor 614 for detecting whether the material 5 is lifted into position. The first U-shaped sensor 612 is fixed on the upper fixing block 603 by a first bracket 615, and the second U-shaped sensor 613 is fixed on the top of the frame 1 by a second bracket 616. The side of the lifting plate 604 is fixedly mounted with a metal sensing plate 617 that triggers the first U-shaped sensor 612 and the second U-shaped sensor 613 when the lifting plate 604 is raised or lowered to an extreme position. The correlation sensor 614 is fixed at the side of the upper fixing block 603 by a third bracket 618.

The mechanical hand positioning device further comprises a visual detection assembly 9, wherein the visual detection assembly 9 comprises a fixing frame 91 fixed right above the vertical driving assembly and a visual sensor 92 fixed on the fixing frame 91 and used for positioning the mechanical hand 7.

The working principle of the utility model is as follows: after the lithium battery 52 is coiled to the material collecting frame 4, the two groups of lifting mechanisms 60 drive the movable plate 400 and the lithium battery tray 51 to ascend to fixed positions, the manipulator 7 acts under the coordination of the visual detection assembly 9, the vacuum chuck 72 sucks up the lithium battery 52 in the lithium battery tray 51 and puts the lithium battery into the next working procedure, and after one lithium battery tray 51 is empty, the manipulator 7 sucks up the empty tray and places the empty tray in the material collecting rack 8 to continue to act on the next tray; the lithium battery tray 51 on the feeding frame 4 can be automatically lifted to the same height through detection and driven by the lifting mechanism 60, so that the manipulator 7 can be conveniently grabbed. Two feeding frames 4 are arranged on the slide rail 10 through the supporting frame 2, and the nut seat 39 on the screw rod 35 is driven by the lower driving motor 32 to reciprocate, so that one feeding frame 4 can work, and the other feeding frame is idle to facilitate manual feeding. The two feeding frames 4 act simultaneously, the left side is empty and moves to the left, the left side discharges materials, the right side is empty and moves to the right, the right side discharges materials, and the middle part is a feeding station.

While the utility model has been particularly shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a lithium cell loading attachment which characterized in that: including the frame, establish the supporting rack of frame top, with the supporting rack links to each other and is used for driving it and is in reciprocating motion's horizontal drive assembly about frame top is made, is fixed a plurality of material loading frame on the supporting rack, establish at one of them material loading frame side and be used for upwards carrying forward the vertical drive assembly of material and establishing the manipulator of vertical drive assembly side, the material include a plurality of lithium cell trays, bear a plurality of lithium cells on every lithium cell tray respectively, the manipulator on install and be used for snatching the mechanism that snatchs of lithium cell or lithium cell tray.

2. The lithium battery charging device of claim 1, wherein: the top of the rack is provided with two slide rails along the left-right direction, the supporting frame comprises two bottom plates respectively positioned right above the two slide rails, a plurality of connecting plates arranged along the length direction of the two bottom plates and used for fixedly connecting the two bottom plates together, and a plurality of corner seats fixedly arranged on the bottom plates, and the bottoms of the bottom plates are slidably arranged on the slide rails through a plurality of slide blocks.

3. The lithium battery charging device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the transverse driving assembly comprises a motor base fixed on the rack, a driving motor fixed on the motor base, a first belt pulley fixed at the shaft end of the driving motor, a lead screw support fixed on the motor base, a lead screw rotatably installed on the lead screw support, a second belt pulley fixed at one end of the lead screw, a lead screw support fixed at the other end of the lead screw, a driving belt used for driving and connecting the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley, and a nut base installed on the lead screw and linked with the lead screw, wherein the top of the nut base is fixedly connected with one of the connecting plates.

4. The lithium battery charging device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: still including the receipts work or material rest that is used for depositing the lithium cell tray, receive the work or material rest and erect the frame top and be located the slide rail side, the bottom of receiving the work or material rest is equipped with can along receive the backup pad of work or material rest activity from top to bottom, the side of backup pad is connected with and is used for driving its electric jar of activity from top to bottom.

5. The lithium battery charging device of claim 1, wherein: the material loading frame include first support guide bar and three second support guide bars, first support guide bar and second support guide bar between surround and form the holding chamber that is used for piling up the material, the second supports the guide bar and is higher than first support guide bar.

6. The lithium battery charging device as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the tops of the first supporting guide rod and the second supporting guide rod are respectively bent outwards to form inclined guide pieces which are convenient for the lithium battery tray to be placed in.

7. The lithium battery charging device of claim 1, wherein: the vertical driving component comprises two groups of lifting mechanisms which are oppositely arranged on the front side and the rear side of the feeding frame and a lifting motor which is fixedly arranged on the rack and is used for driving the two groups of lifting mechanisms, the lifting mechanism comprises a lower fixed block which is fixed on the rack, a plurality of supporting rods which are vertically fixed on the lower fixed block, an upper fixed block which is fixed at the tops of the supporting rods, a lifting plate which is arranged between the upper fixed block and the lower fixed block and can move up and down along the supporting rods, a third belt pulley which is arranged at the bottom of the lower fixed block, a fourth belt pulley which is arranged at the top of the upper fixed block, a first belt which is used for driving and connecting the third belt pulley and the fourth belt pulley, and a photoelectric detection component which is used for detecting the position of the lifting plate, wherein a movable plate which can move up and down along the feeding frame is arranged at the bottom of materials inside the feeding frame, the both sides of fly leaf outwards extend respectively form be used for with lift plate interference fit and drive the material lug that upwards advances one by one, last fixed block and lower fixed block on offer the confession respectively the through-hole that first belt passed, the lift plate pass through the connecting block with one side looks rigid coupling of first belt, the side of third belt pulley is connected with the fifth belt pulley through the connecting axle, and the fifth belt pulley of two sets of hoist mechanism passes through second belt transmission and connects, one of them connecting axle with the axle head that promotes the motor links to each other.

8. The lithium battery charging device as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the detection component comprises a first U-shaped sensor used for detecting the rising limit position of the lifting plate, a second U-shaped sensor used for detecting the falling limit position of the lifting plate and a correlation sensor used for detecting whether the material rises to the target position, wherein the first U-shaped sensor is fixed on the upper fixing block through a first support, the second U-shaped sensor is fixed on the top of the rack through a second support, the side edge of the lifting plate is fixedly provided with a metal induction sheet which can trigger the first U-shaped sensor and the second U-shaped sensor when the lifting plate rises or falls to the limit position, and the correlation sensor is fixed on the side edge of the upper fixing block through a third support.

9. The lithium battery charging device of claim 1, wherein: the mechanical arm positioning device is characterized by further comprising a visual detection assembly, wherein the visual detection assembly comprises a fixed frame fixed right above the vertical driving assembly and a visual sensor fixed on the fixed frame and used for positioning the mechanical arm.

10. The lithium battery charging device of claim 1, wherein: the grabbing mechanism comprises a sucker fixing plate and a plurality of vacuum suckers distributed along the length direction of the sucker fixing plate.